February 3 - The Little Madonna (Italy, 1696) - St. Mary Rivier, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (d. 1838) "I did everything with the rosary" Saint Marie Rivier (1768
(Italy, 1428) - St. Joan of France (d. 1505), founder of the Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary What is the future "Age of Mary"? Pope St. John Paul II commented on St. Louis de Montfort's [...] Montfort's writing about the End Times: "St. Louis-Marie contemplates this eschatological dimension (concerning the final times), especially when he speaks of the 'saints of the last times' formed by the Virgin
January 30 - St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) in the Eastern Churches The new creation born of the Virgin If a Jew asks you how the Virgin could give birth, answer him this: "How can a virgin land make plants
January 28 - Our Lady of the People (Italy, 1771) - St. Thomas Aquinas Mary, the Rose without thorns God, who is "rich in mercy", embellishes the creature with the qualities of grace. He shows himself
January 23 - Marriage of the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph Mary was always approachable There has never been a stronger or deeper spousal love than the mutual love of Joseph and Mary. Theirs was a genuine
January 25 - Our Lady of Good Journey (India, 1599) - Conversion of St. Paul Saint Paul, who never met Mary, placed her at the central point of Salvation History Saint Paul did not witness the earthly [...] the law, to redeem the subjects of the law, that he might confer upon us filial adoption." (Gal 4:4) St. Paul probably heard about Mary from the apostles Peter, James and John (Gal 1:18 and Gal 2:9) whom
Feast of St. John the Baptist in the Maronite and Byzantine rites Carfin Grotto named Scotland’s National Marian Shrine Carfin Grotto in North Lanarkshire, which recently hosted the relics of St Bernadette [...] Scotland’s National Marian Shrine. The Grotto, founded in 1922 as a replica of the site in Lourdes where St Bernadette Soubirous experienced visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858, hosted Bernadette’s relics between
November 28 - Saint Catherine Labouré (d. 1876) - 1st apparition of the Virgin Mary at Kibeho (Rwanda, November 28, 1981) Advent: a period of expectation unprecedented in history (I) "The time of the coming
September 25 - Mary, protectress of orphans - Our Lady of St. Peter ( Italy, 1751) - San Nicolas apparitions, to Gladys Quiroga (Argentina, 1990) On September 25, 1983, Mary began to visit Argentina On
September 26 - Our Lady of Graces (Ancona, Italy 1836) - St. Therese Couderc, foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Cenacle (d. 1885) Mary is the secret of God Because Mary remained hidden during [...] cherubim and seraphim. No creature, however pure, may enter there without being specially privileged. St Louis de Montfort, Treatise on True Devotion to Mary , introduction http://www.catholictreasury.info/
